Herbert A. Simon Quotes

There are no morals about technology at all. Technology expands our ways of thinking about things, expands our ways of doing things. If we're bad people we use technology for bad purposes and if we're good people we use it for good purposes.

Herbert A. Simon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 15, 1916 - February 9, 2001

Topics

GoodTechnologyPeopleThinkingBad

I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

Jimmy John Liautaud

SchoolPlaceOutFancyFelt

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

Jeremy Davies

NeverPointBeenIneptIncredibly

My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to things I know about, such as energy and the environment. But I'm active because I can't think of anything else to do in my so-called retirement.

Maurice Strong

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Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Ann Landers

MistakesWindAdviceYouToo Much

I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early. They're certainly the best for visual stuff and film-directing.

Andy Serkis

BestThinkYouEarlyAppleUp

I have always been of the opinion that when those in power are promoting actions and ideals that risk harming or impeding us, people should stand up to this.

Jean-Michel Jarre

PowerPeopleOpinionStand UpStand

It's better to have a lot of different qualities in the team; it's a good mix.

Riyad Mahrez

GoodTeamBetterDifferentMixLot

Growing up, I was a giant KISS fan, and the truth is the record I had was 'Rock and Roll Over,' and there wasn't even a clear picture of them in the packaging! So I really had no idea what they looked like; I just loved their music.

Rivers Cuomo

MusicTruthKissGrowing UpTruth Is

I like being an editor, and I know how to make a magazine.

Roberto Civita

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Dropbox looks really simple to the end user and is extremely magical and just works. But under the hood, the complexity of the technology is huge. The amount of work it requires to store, scale and move this data is pretty intense.

Ruchi Sanghvi

WorkTechnologySimpleEndData

I am more proud of what distinguishes man from the animals than of what he has in common with them.

Louis MacNeice

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I am not a prophet.

Jose Saramago

I AmProphetAm

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